Patents by Inventor James L. Baucom

James L. Baucom has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Preterminated fiber optic cable including downstream splitter
    Patent number: 7609923
    Abstract: An optical splitter adjacent a downstream end of a fiber optic cable is operable for supplying an optical signal to at least one optical fiber from the downstream end of the fiber. A preterminated fiber optic distribution cable includes a first access location having an optical fiber termination fed from an upstream end of the cable and a second access location having an optical fiber termination fed from a downstream end of the cable, wherein the cable includes an upstream optical splitter for feeding a first set of optical fibers and a downstream optical splitter for back-feeding a second set of optical fibers. A fiber optic cable comprising a first set of optical fibers that are terminated and fed from an upstream end of the fiber optic cable and a second set of optical fibers that are terminated and fed from a downstream end of the fiber optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: James L. Baucom, David L. Dean, Jr., Jody L. Greenwood, Keith H. Lail, Kenneth D. Temple, Jr.
  • Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 7336873
    Abstract: An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is a polyurethane foam and the second layer is a water-swellable layer, wherein the dry insert is disposed within the tube and generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems, LLC.
    Inventors: Jason C. Lail, Jody L. Greenwood, Douglas S. Hedrick, James L. Baucom, W. Welch McCollough, Jr., Kenneth D. Temple, Jr., Catharina L. Tedder
  • High density fiber optic cable
    Patent number: 6937801
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable is provided that includes a plurality of lengthwise extending, non-jacketed bundles of optical fibers and a cable jacket surrounding the bundles of optical fibers. Each bundle of optical fibers may include a binder, such as a binder thread, for maintaining the integrity of the bundle. The binder may include, for example, a binder thread formed of an air entangled, textured, continuous multi-filament thread. The fiber optic cable may also include a separation element for preventing adhesion between the bundles of optical fibers and the cable jacket without having to separately jacket each bundle of optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Warren W. McAlpine, William C. Hurley, Richard S. Wagman, James L. Baucom, Scott A. McDowell
  • High density fiber optic cable
    Patent number: 6807347
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable is provided that includes a plurality of lengthwise extending, non-jacketed bundles of optical fibers and a cable jacket surrounding the bundles of optical fibers. Each bundle of optical fibers may include a binder, such as a binder thread, for maintaining the integrity of the bundle. The binder may include, for example, a binder thread formed of an air entangled, textured, continuous multi-filament thread. The fiber optic cable may also include a separation element for preventing adhesion between the bundles of optical fibers and the cable jacket without having to separately jacket each bundle of optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Warren W. McAlpine, Richard S. Wagman, William C. Hurley, James L. Baucom, Scott A. McDowell
  • Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same
    Publication number: 20040120663
    Abstract: An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is a polyurethane foam and the second layer is a water-swellable layer, wherein the dry insert is disposed within the tube and generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Jason C. Lail, Jody L. Greenwood, Douglas S. Hedrick, James L. Baucom, W. Welch McCollough, Kenneth D. Temple, Catharina L. Tedder
  • High density fiber optic cable
    Publication number: 20020197030
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable is provided that includes a plurality of lengthwise extending, non-jacketed bundles of optical fibers and a cable jacket surrounding the bundles of optical fibers. Each bundle of optical fibers may include a binder, such as a binder thread, for maintaining the integrity of the bundle. The binder may include, for example, a binder thread formed of an air entangled, textured, continuous multi-filament thread. The fiber optic cable may also include a separation element for preventing adhesion between the bundles of optical fibers and the cable jacket without having to separately jacket each bundle of optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Warren W. McAlpine, Richard S. Wagman, William C. Hurley, James L. Baucom